A former Springfield and Southern View police officer has been indicted by a Sangamon County grand jury in connection with a March 27 incident in which he is accused of groping two women.

J. Zeid Langan, 30, is charged with battery and official misconduct. His first court appearance is scheduled for June 13.

According to Sangamon County sheriff's office reports, Langan stopped a minivan on Stanford Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets early on March 27 in response to a telephone harassment report from a Southern View resident.

One of the women in the vehicle told sheriff 's investigators that Langan put her hand on his groin and later grabbed her breast in his squad car while he was writing a report.

When the second woman, who was the first woman's roommate, came to the car to see how long the interview would take, Langan told her he would take the first woman home, the sheriff 's office reports said.

The first woman told Langan she and her roommate were dancers at the Deja Vu adult nightclub, according to the reports.

The roommate and Langan arrived at the women's home in Springfield about the same time, and Langan called the second woman to his car, where he allegedly placed her hand on his groin.

“We take these allegations and crimes very seriously,” said Sangamon County state’s attorney John Milhiser.

Langan, who no longer is a Southern View officer, resigned from the Springfield police force in 2008 after he was accused of engaging in a sex act with a woman while on duty.